There are 12 ways to get from Bilbao to Athens by plane, train, bus, car ferry, busferry, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Bilbao Airport
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIO - ATH
6h 32m€81–231Train, bus
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Athensbus
43h 25mTrain, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d 2h€437–781Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Stazione Padova to Veneziabus 53E
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patrascarferry
- Take the bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTELbus
2d 18h€237–349Bus to Santander Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Aeropuerto Santander-S.Ballestbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SDR - ATH
9h 25m€136–274Bus to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteizbus
- Fly from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane VIT - ATH
10h 8m€115–324Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Biarritzbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane BIQ - ATH
10h 25m€129–346Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bilbao-Abando to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane MAD - ATH
11h 37m€137–312Bus
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karoloubus
2d 7h€167–232Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Nice Airportbus
- Take the train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimigliatrain C3
- Take the busferry from Ventimiglia to Fierbusferry
- Take the bus from Fier to Athensbus
2d 12hDrive 3,292.8 km
- Drive from Bilbao to Athenscar 3,292.8 km
33h 48m€596–860Drive, car train
- Drive from Bilbao to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Athenscar
40h 58m€635–916
Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to Athens is to fly which costs €80 - €240 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €80 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Bilbao to Athens. However, there are services departing from Bilbao Intermodal and arriving at Athens Karolou via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián and Sofia Serdica Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Bilbao and Athens is 2370 km. The road distance is 3292.8 km.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Athens without a car is to train and bus which takes 43h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 32m to get from Bilbao to Athens, including transfers.
Bilbao to Athens bus services, operated by Avanza Gipuzkoa, depart from Bilbao Intermodal station.
The best way to get from Bilbao to Athens is to fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €80 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €160 - €240 and takes 2 days 7h.
Bilbao to Athens bus services, operated by Avanza Gipuzkoa, arrive at Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián station.
Athens is 1h ahead of Bilbao. It is currently 6:18 PM in Bilbao and 7:18 PM in Athens.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and Athens, Greece?
Volotea and Aegean Airlines fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Athens Karolou via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián, Sofia Central Bus Station, and Sofia Serdica Bus Station in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Athens International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Athens International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Athens International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Santander Airport to Athens International Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Athens International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Bilbao-Abando to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–310
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Nice Saint-Augustin to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Montpellier to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- + 21 0524 9268
Bus from Tirana to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- (+39) 041 041
- direzione@actv.it
- Website
- actv.avmspa.it
Bus from Stazione Padova to Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://actv.avmspa.it/en
- Phone
- +30 2616 001 600
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Patras to Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Aeropuerto Santander-S.Ballest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ventimiglia to Fier
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Fier to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
- Phone
- +30 210 8919700
- superfast@superfast.com
- Website
- superfast.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Port of Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- https://www.superfast.com
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